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WGUS76 KLOX 220558

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OXNARD CA

1050 PM PDT FRI SEP 21 2007



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LOS ANGELES CA-

1050 PM PDT FRI SEP 21 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM PDT FOR 

SANTA CATALINA ISLAND IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY...



AT 1048 PM PDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT 

HAS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING OCCURRING ON THE SANTA CATALINA ISLAND 

FROM VERY HEAVY RAIN EARLIER ON THE ISLAND. THE FLOODING ORIGINATED 

FROM THE ISLAND BURN AREA ON SANTA CATALINA ISLAND.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO AVALON



FLOOD WATERS HAVE MOVED OR ARE MOVING DOWN AVALON CANYON. A TRAINED 

WEATHER SPOTTER IN AVALON INDICATED THE BIRD PARK AREA OF THE ISLAND 

HAD FLOODED AND THAT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT WAS EVACUATING QUAIL 

CANYON.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. 

RESIDENTS LIVING AND TOURISTS STAYING ALONG THE DRAINAGE AREAS OF 

CATALINA ISLAND SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE 

AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR 

WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.



LAT...LON 3332 11846 3338 11851 3341 11850 3343 11855

      3348 11859 3342 11836 3330 11830

TIME...MOT...LOC 0550Z 180DEG 0KT 3334 11836



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